Onto optimization of TTC patch antennas placed on minispacecraft

Author

Kabacik, Pawel ; Opalka, Przemysalaw ; Maleszka, Tomasz ; Gorski, Przemyslaw

Author_Institution

Inst. of Telecommun., Teleinformatics & Acoust., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Wroclaw

fYear

2006

fDate

6-10 Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents the approach to optimal TTC patch antennas placement onboard minispacrafts. The construction of the antennas is briefly discussed and chosen schemes of antennas placement are introduced. Influence of solar panels is also investigated and countermeasures against failure of their deployment are proposed. The results of the analysis were obtained with the use of Moment Method simulations and measurements. Alternative, computationally more efficient ray-tracing method is mentioned and compared with full-wave simulations.

Keywords

method of moments; microstrip antennas; optimisation; ray tracing; satellite antennas; TTC patch antenna; moment method simulation; onboard minispacecraft antenna; optimization; ray-tracing method; solar panel; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Computational modeling; Frequency; Patch antennas; Payloads; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-92-9092-937-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4585073

Filename

4585073